The Turbo Encabulator

John 3:12  But if you don’t believe me when I tell you about earthly things, how can you possibly believe if I tell you about heavenly things?

In 1944 John Higgins Quick wrote one of the finest pieces of literature ever written:

“The original machine had a base-plate of prefabulated aluminite, surmounted by a malleable logarithmic casing in such a way that the two main spurving bearings were in a direct line with the pentametric fan. The latter consisted simply of six hydrocoptic marzlevanes, so fitted to the ambifacient lunar waneshaft that side fumbling was effectively prevented. The main winding was of the normal lotus-o-delta type placed in panendermic semi-bovoid slots in the stator, every seventh conductor being connected by a non-reversible tremie pipe to the differential girdlespring on the "up" end of the grammeters.”

Isn’t that soul-stirring? It brings a tear to my eye every time I read it.

Actually, I have no idea what it means, and neither does anybody else. It is engineering gobbledygook intended as a joke. You can’t understand it, and you’re not meant to.

Sometimes when Christians try to share their faith they sound like the Turbo Encabulator speech. They try to use fancy theological terms and sound like they are giving a theology lesson instead of sharing life saving instructions.

When you talk to your friends about Jesus, and you should, just be real with them. “My life was going in the wrong direction, then I let Jesus change me for the better,” is a lot easier to understand than anything theological you may read in a book. Just tell them about Jesus!

Today’s Readings: Isaiah 65,66; Psalm 62; John  3

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Illustration courtesy https://lukebertram.github.io/encabulator/